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microlumen

microlumen noun: an extremely small lumen (cavity within a tube or tubular organ).

Noun

microlumen (plural microlumens)

  1. An extremely small lumen (cavity within a tube or tubular organ).
  2. One millionth (10⁻⁶) of a lumen (unit of luminous flux).
    • Light-flux standards required are in the range of 10 microlumens and less.1955, Sol Schneider, “Interferometer for Analyzing Mixtures of Hydrogen Isotopes”, in Review of Scientific Instruments, volume 26, number 6, →DOI, page 623

Forms of microlumen

pluralmicrolumens

Origin of microlumen

From micro- + lumen.

Questions about microlumen

What does microlumen mean?
Microlumen means an extremely small lumen (cavity within a tube or tubular organ).
What part of speech is microlumen?
Microlumen is a noun.
What is the plural of microlumen?
The plural of microlumen is microlumens.

Words near microlumen in the dictionary

  1. micrologists
  2. micrologs
  3. micrology
  4. microlot
  5. microlots
  6. microlumen
  7. microlumens
  8. microlux
  9. microluxes
  10. microlymphangiographies
  11. microlymphangiography

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